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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main consideration for a colonial man to be considered a gentleman?
(a) He must be a land owner and a church member.
(b) He must be free from material and intellectual want.
(c) He must be a married man with good standing in the community.
(d) He must be a member of a political party and the militia.

2. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?
(a) Birth status.
(b) Education.
(c) Income.
(d) Physical labor.

3. At the middle of the 18th century, what did many revolutionary leaders feel the colonies still needed?
(a) A constitutional government.
(b) A President.
(c) A standing army.
(d) Monarchial control.

4. What was Philadelphia's approximate population in 1760?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 40,000.

5. When Ben Franklin was a boy, what important man discussed books with him?
(a) William Allen.
(b) William Burnet.
(c) James Logan.
(d) Andrew Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship did the British farmer have with the land he worked?

2. What was the primary nationality of the American colonists?

3. What did Republicans hold as extremely important?

4. What is one way republicans are different from monarchists?

5. Who was the head of a colonial household?

(see the answer key)

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